New Accounts Payable System Now Live
UBC recently launched its new Accounts Payable (AP) system, Ascend, an important step toward modernizing invoice processing and enhancing integration with Workday. Ascend is fully integrated with...
View ArticleAccounts Payable and Payroll moving to EME; Supply Management to stay in ADM
Accounts Payable and Payroll will be moving to the Engineering Management Education building on January 19 (EME 2171). The office will be closed for the day with business operations resuming on January...
View ArticleUniforum Open Labs
The UniForum@UBC study is entering year two of the program, which collects information to better understand at, an organizational level, UBC’s services and activities, and how those services are...
View ArticleWorkshops at a glance: May 16, 2018
Here are some professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students at UBC Okanagan over the next few weeks. For a full listing of workshops, visit: ok.ubc.ca/events May 31:...
View ArticleWorkshops at a glance: May 2, 2018
Here are some professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students at UBC Okanagan over the next few weeks. For a full listing of workshops, visit: ok.ubc.ca/events May 7 and...
View ArticleWorkshops at a glance: April 18, 2018
Here are some professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students at UBC Okanagan over the next few weeks. For a full listing of workshops, visit: ok.ubc.ca/events UBC...
View ArticleWorkshops at a glance: February 7, 2018
Here are some professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students at UBC Okanagan over the next few weeks. For a full listing of workshops, visit: ok.ubc.ca/events Feb. 8:...
View ArticleWorkshops at a glance: January 17, 2018
Here are some professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students at UBC Okanagan over the next few weeks. For a full listing of workshops, visit: ok.ubc.ca/events Feb. 8:...
View ArticleImportant Information Regarding Tariffs
As international trade dynamics continue to evolve, UBC is closely monitoring recent tariff changes between Canada and the United States that may affect the cost and timing of goods purchased for...
View ArticleTariffs: What You Need to Know
With the recent developments regarding Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, we recognize that these changes may impact your procurement needs. UBC’s procurement team is closely...
View ArticleBudget update follow up
Dear UBC Okanagan campus community: Thank you to everyone who was able to join me and members of the campus executive team at the UBCO budget outlook presentation on January 24.
View ArticleUnderstanding UBC Okanagan’s budget
Jump to: Our financial foundation How is the campus funded? How are resources invested? Where do tuition dollars go? How are budget decisions made? Why can’t the university move money from one area to...
View ArticleUBC Okanagan’s budget planning process
Jump to: The budget planning process UBC Okanagan’s budget model Understanding UBCO’s budget The budget planning process Budget planning at UBCO follows a carefully structured annual cycle that...
View ArticleNew process to hire students and other changes
Dear colleagues, As you may have read on Workday This Week, a significant number of student records are now available as part of the transition to Workday Student. This will change how UBC students are...
View ArticleJanuary freeze on some student hiring transactions in Workday
Dear colleagues, If you are hiring—or planning to hire—a student this month, please note the upcoming freeze dates on student hiring transactions in Workday. This freeze is to support the transition to...
View ArticleValerie Nichol appointed UBCO’s Director of Integrated Planning and Chief...
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Valerie Nichol has been appointed UBC Okanagan’s Director of Integrated Planning and Chief Budget Officer, as of July 1, 2023. Valerie brings seven years...
View ArticleImportant information for submitting hourly timesheets
The final timesheet submission deadline for this year’s payroll is December 23. Given this early submission deadline, timesheets for the last pay period of the year will not arrive from UBC Vancouver...
View ArticleWorkday Wednesdays
Want to learn more about Workday? Beginning June 12, join the Integrated Renewal Program Okanagan team for Workday Wednesdays from 12 to 1 p.m. Workday information will be available specific to...
View ArticleUniForum Open Labs
Finance will host three open lab sessions to allow respondents an opportunity to ask questions or enter data into the Uniforum system called UFAST. These sessions will help you if you have questions...
View ArticleIntroducing the Okanagan IRP team
The Integrated Renewal Program (IRP) has named its primary contacts for the implementation of Workday at UBC Okanagan. These contacts are: Carri Lawrence, transformation director Lauren Hatchard,...
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